I shot a birthday party for two friends (husband and wife). Space was crowded, but I wanted candids, so I shot using a long lens from a distance snagging shots of relatively distant subjects grabbed between heads and shoulders that were between the subject and me.
I am pleased with the results, but on several shots, to avoid clutter, I cropped which resulted in odd shaped photos. Some are square, some are rather oblong rectangles, etc.
These shots give a web-based slide show some nice variety, but my friends want to have a set of prints.
The shots with normal or near normal aspect ratios are no problem, but what would you do with these special crops.
I've tried adjusting the scale factor on these. Depending upon the subject placement, it works for some of the shots, not for others.
As I see it, my choices are to go back to the original uncropped file and print it scaling up to achieve a crop factor that is as closed to my desired crop as possible (filling the balance of the 4 x 6 with part of the clutter I had hoped to eliminate when I cropped originally) or to print the cropped version leaving white unprinted paper on the borders.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks.
Caruso